It was one year ago today that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers suffered their greatest loss ever. It was one year ago today that the entire Tampa Bay community wept and looked for consolation for the loss of one of our truly great citizens...

It's Labor Day and I've been laboring over this one for the past two weeks. Today we delve into the testy waters of what some folks term "predictions." Call it "guessing" because that's what it is, plain and simple...

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are in the process of getting their roster to the league-mandated 53, and no doubt general manager Mark Dominik will put in a late night scanning the players released by other teams...

Doug Martin was supposed to be good. He's all that and more and will be the starter when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play the Carolina Panthers at home on September 9. Mark Barron was supposed to be good...

It took two years to discover that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a split-personality quarterback. In 2010, there was really, really good Josh Freeman . In 2011, there was his evil twin, the really, really bad Josh Freeman...

Hall of Fame coach Hank Stram had a great way to describe guys who don't look you in the eye. "That guy's looking for nickels," Stram once told me, talking about anyone who wouldn't make eye contact with him...

You've been waiting for this one. It might be hard to find a single Tampa Bay Buccaneer fan who is not smiling when they hear this. Demar Dotson is getting his chance to win Jeremy Trueblood's spot at right tackle...

Time to say it again, once more: It's only preseason—it doesn't count. It's too easy, sometimes, to read too much or too little into these games. They cause concern for some, overconfidence for others...

Game day. Greg Schiano's favorite day. Our favorite day. The Buccaneers take on the Tennessee Titans tonight at Raymond James Stadium in the preseason home opener. Here are some things to keep an eye on...

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will get a glimpse at some speed Friday night when the Tennessee Titans come to town for the second preseason game and running back Chris Johnson will hopefully make a brief appearance...

FC Tom Edrington spent Tuesday morning at the Bucs' final public practice of their 2012 training camp. Years ago, we developed a code for the levels of heat during the August-September months in Tampa...

Game day. Our favorite day, isn't it? Greg Schiano's too. Enough of this practice stuff, the preseason's a go tonight in Miami against another team that struggled last year—the Miami Dogfish, er, Dolphins ...

Let's not kid ourselves. If this Tampa Bay Buccaneers team, this 2012 version of coach Greg Schiano is going to have a fighting chance at a decent season, the defense HAS to be better than it was last year...